Display-rack.



C. C. RUSH.

DISPLAY RACK.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1911. RENEWED MAR. a. 1919.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I 0.. wAsumamN. a c.

C. C. RUSH.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10 1911'. RENEWED MAR. 3, 1919.

Patented Apr. 8,1919.

. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 H Elma womws CHRIS G. BUSH, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- since.

' Patented 1111128, 1919.

Application filed April 10, 1917, Serial No. 161,068. Renewed March 3, 1919. Serial No. 280,491.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIS C. RUSH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Greenville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display racks for rugs of the type of the rack shown 1n my co-pending application Serial No. 121,735, filed September 23, 1916.

The object of the present invention 1s to provide a display rack of the nature shown in the aforesaid application embodying certain improvements. These improvements comprise, among other things, a swinging support for intermediate portions of the rugs whereby a great deal of the strain is removed from the clamping bar, the operator is enabled to remove a rug from the pile with greater ease and the entire body or pile of rugs may be swung over upon the hinged supporting frame in one operation all as will be fully hereinafter set forth.

As this description proceeds it will be seen that I have provided an improved method of assembling the parts of the frame of the rack and of actuating the cross bar.

Further objects and advantages of the in vention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rack embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear end view thereof.

Fig.i 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating a rack hereinafter set forth, and

Fig. 4 i an inside face view of the connection between the vertical and horizontal members of the frame whereby they are secured together in such manner as'to permit the ready knocking down of the same for shipment.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numerals" 5, 6, 7 and 8 designate vertical posts which with a cap plate 9 and cross bars 10 constitute a vertical frame. A horizontal frame comprising top rails 11, bottom rails 12, cross bars 13 and 14 and corner posts 15 is rigidly secured to the aforesaid vertical frame, the ends of the rails 11 and 12 abutting against the front faces of the vertical posts 6 and 8 and being secured thereto by ends of the rails 11 and 12. Extending vertically between the upper and lower filling blocks 19 are guide rods 20 and 21 upon which a cross head 22 slides. One end of a link 23 is connected to this cross. head at 24and the other end of the link is connectedat 25 to a lever 26, said lever being pivoted at 27 to the post 6. This lever is provided with a handle 28 which extendsoutwardly between the posts 7 and 8 and is provided with a tooth 29, see Fig. 3, which tooth engages a rack 30 carried by the post 8. Rods 31 have their lower ends rigidlyafiixed to the outer ends of the cross head 22 and the upper ends of these rods slide in ears 33 of plates 34, said plates being secured to the outer faces of the posts 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 respectively. The upper ends of the rods 31 are threaded for the reception of thumb nuts 32, said nuts when screwed down being adapted to grip a clamping bar 35 between their lower faces and collars 36 formed upon the rods 31. The clamping bar 35 is slotted at 37 and 38 and the'slot 37 is made long enough so that if the nuts 32 be loosened the clamping bar 35 may be shifted endwise far enough to disengage the slot 38 from its corresponding rod 31. This permits the complete removal of the clamping bar without ,render ing it necessary to entirely remove and replace the nuts 34. The upper edge of a frame 39 is hinged at 40 to the rear edge of the cap plate 9v and the lower edge of the frame rests upon the cross bar 13 and the upper ends of the posts 1.5. While I prefer to hinge the frame 39 as above set forth it is to be understood that a fixed frame at this point is withinthe scope of the invention. When the framev i hinged I employ as in the application 121,736, a rack bar 41 which is adapted to engage a detent plate 42 carried by a cross bar 43 which extends be- One of the important features of thepresent invention resides in providing a swinging bar 47 which lies above the clamping bar 35 and preferably to the rear thereof. This cross bar 47 is connected by inclined portions 48 with vertical legs 49, said legs having inturned ends 50 which are journaled in the posts 6 and 8. Rearward move ment of the bar 47 is limited by a lug 51 which projects from the plate; 34.

While it is not absolutely necessary I pre for to counterbalance the weight of the cross head 22 and attached parts by a Weight 52 which is attached to one. end ofa cord 53, this cord passing over a pulley 54 and being attached to the lever 26. a

It will. be understood that if a pile of rugs is placed in position with one end of the pile disposed upon the cap plate 9 and beneaththe clamping bar 35, by thenforcing downwardly upon the handle 28 the cross head 22, and rods 31 are forced downwardly to clamp the-pile of rugs between the clamping bar 35 and the cap plate 9 and the handle 28 of the lever 26 will be held in the position to which it is moved by the engagement of the tooth 29 with the rack 30.

As the rugs are inspected they are thrown upwardly and rearwardly over the bar i7 and hang down over the rear face of the vertical frame. The provision of the bar at? overlying the cross head 22 renders the strain upon thebar 35 a vertical one instead of a lateral one. Furthermore, that portion of the, rug that lies upon theforward side of the bar 47 counter-balances some of the weight of that portion of the rug which lies upon the rear side of the vertical frame and to this extent the bar 47 further aids in relieving strain upon the clamping bar 35. A still further and very. important advantage arising from the provision of the bar l? is that by swinging this bar bodily forward upon its pivotal point, provided by the ends 50, the entire pile of rugs may be bodily swung over at a single operation and disposed smoothly upon the frame 39. v

The relieving of strain uponthe. bar 35 is not by anyvmeans the. most important advantage arising from the, counter-balancing of the rugs as set forth because this counterbalancing has .a more important advantage in that it enables the user of the rack to re- Oopies of this patent niay be obtained for move or replace rugs with greater ease than would be the case if the bar 47 were not provided. It is apparent that anything that tends to relieve the tendency of the rugs to move endwise when released by the clamp ing bar aids in facilitating the insertion or removal of an individual rug withoutthe possibility that the whole pile will slip and if it be desired to remove any individual rug the operator, may, by releasing the lever 26 andclamping bar and holding those rugs that have already been thrown back over bar l7 upwardly against the under face of bar 35 slip anyindividual rug from the pile remaining under clamp 35 and again restore bar 35jto clamping position without the disarrangement of the pile of'rugs. v

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but it includes within is purview such changes as fairly come within the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is i V, c

1.; A device of the character described comprising a supporting frame for a pile of rugs, said supporting frame comprising .a cap plate, ;a clamping bar, means for forcing saidclamping bar toward said cap plate and a transverse support for therugs overlying said cap plate,supported from said frame and bodily movable with respect to said frame to thereby restore to its initial posie tion .such rugs as may-have been thrown thereover during the display of the rugs.

A display rack comprising a supporting frame for a pile of rugs, consisting of a fixed cap plate, a movable clamping bar, means for movingsaid clamping bar forcibly toward said cap plate-and for retaining it in the position towhich it is moved, a hinged frame connected to one edge of said cap plate and comprising a part of the supporting frame and a swinging-1y mounted, trans verse rug support movable to a position from above the cap. plate to a position above the hinged frame.-

@In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. c i

7 CHRIS C. RUSH.

Witnesses: S. J.,ORAIG,

J AMES GREENE.

five cents eacln by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. Y 

